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  • Welcome!

    Our goal with this site and blog will be to help educate and prepare building professionals to better perform their jobs. This could mean with the NASCLA exam specifically or it could be more general to the overall industry. Obviously we will be more...
  • Retainage. Why does that matter?

    One of the project topics that we discuss quite often is retainage. If you have performed work or hired a contractor for services this concept is an important one. Retainage is a percentage withheld from each progress payment and it is usually calculated...
  • Progress Payments

    Progress payments are the ongoing payments that an owner uses to compensate the contractor during a project.  They are typically paid in installments depending on the percentage of work completed or the schedule of values being tracked. For example,...
  • Used NASCLA textbooks save money

    The total investment cost of a NASCLA license can be high.  In order to help minimize this impact you we have begun carrying used textbooks for sale at a substantial discount.  These books have been verified to contain no rips, missing pages, or handwritten...
  • New NASCLA Requirements

    NOTE: Effective 11/1/2016 all candidates who are interested in sitting for the NASCLA Accredited Examination for Commercial General Building Contractors must be pre-approved by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA)....